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1001 Crystals
You may be familiar with rose quartz, amethyst, tourmaline, or selenite—but what about agrellite, Blade of Light, star garnet, or king cobra jasper? A wealth of knowledge and amazing healing powers can be gained by studying the wide world of crystals, from the most popular varieties to the lesser known. Cassandra Eason, practicing witch and author of more than 130 books on every aspect of the magical and mystical, supplies this compendium of wisdom full of never-before-seen research, tips and tricks, and easy practices anyone can incorporate into their daily routine to increase good fortune, ward off the evil eye, heal the body and the spirit, and m...
1001 Magical Plants
Plant medicine is as old as human civilization itself and has served to heal, enlighten, and protect for millennia. In this new entry into the popular 1001 series of magical reference, expert author Cassandra Eason weaves ancient lore and contemporary research into a usable, fascinating guide to herbal healing. Each of these 1001 entries lists a plant, its physical properties, and its mythological associations, then offers a practical way to use it: as a tea, an essential oil, an amulet or talisman, or in a ritual bath. Gorgeous illustrations illuminate the many ways nature manifests its magic in the physical world. This is an essential reference fo...
1001 Tarot Spreads
This is one of the few tarot books I've found that can't be replaced by the booklets that usually come with the decks. It gives a layout for just about anything life throws at you. Highly recommend.
With 1,001 spreads for every possible need, this guide—written by a master tarot reader and bestselling author—is the be-all and end-all sourcebook on tarot card layouts! People seeking to understand themselves and their destiny have long relied on tarot cards for divination. And while finding guidance may be as simple as drawing one card randomly from the deck, over the years many other layouts have been devised—from three-card past/present/future readings to more complicated layouts that use almost the entire deck. Bestselling author and master reader Cassandra Eason will guide you through this rich variety of spreads so you can get a more precise...
101 Classic Hikes of the Northeast
Discover 101 spectacular hiking trails across six northeastern states, curated by a renowned photographer and outdoor enthusiastThis definitive guide leads you to the best outdoor experiences in Northern New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Maine.Featuring 101 detailed maps and 140 stunning color photographs, this comprehensive resource helps both novice and experienced hikers plan their next adventure in the region's most scenic locations through expert guidance and professional photography.
101 Kid-Friendly Plants
Families looking to enrich their green thumbs while beautifying their homes will enjoy this comprehensive guide to indoor and outdoor gardening using nontoxic flowers, vegetables, trees, and houseplants. Sorted by type--plants from seed, bulbs, annuals, perennials, fruiting trees, and sensory plants--each plant is thoroughly explained and easy to identify using color photographs. Details such as the flora's preferred habit and why a particular plant is good for kids are included along with suggestions for use in the garden. Seventeen gardening projects illustrate a variety of creative and fun ways for children and parents to plant together, includin...
12,000 Dreams Interpreted
A bestselling classic, back and bigger than ever!Nearly a century ago, Gustavus Hindman Miller published his groundbreaking masterwork, 10,000 Dreams Interpreted, the most compelling and thorough study of all the symbols that appear in our dreamscape. Miller offered an enlightening introduction to dream history and types, and organized his symbols into eminently logical categories. Now, popular psychic and medium Linda Shields has updated this classic, featuring revisions and additions to more than 2,000 of his original interpretations as well as 2,000 entirely new entries. This brings the book up to speed with our modern life, including objects unk...
150 Best Recipes for Cooking in Foil: Ovens, BBQ, Camping
For campers, backyard grillers, hosts of tailgate parties and home cooks feeding a hungry family, these creative recipes for meals wrapped in foil packs are welcome additions to a cooking repertoire.For camping, the recipes are designed for a 4- to 7-day trip with fresh staples used first in multiple recipes, followed by canned or dry-packaged items. Minimal packing and easy storage are features of these great recipes: Hill Country Hash Brown Breakfast, Peach and Ginger Glazed Pork Chops, Candied Ham and Cranberry Sweet Potatoes and Salted Caramel Pears for dessert.For delicious and easy-to-prepare grilling and oven recipes, all are "one pot" and ne...
1984
Written 75 years ago, 1984 was George Orwell’s chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, his dystopian vision of a government that will do anything to control the narrative is timelier than ever...This 75th Anniversary Edition includes:• A New Introduction by Dolen Perkins-Valdez, author of Take My Hand, winner of the 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work—Fiction• A New Afterword by Sandra Newman, author of Julia: A Retelling of George Orwell’s 1984“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”Winston Smith toes the Party line, rewriting histor...
28 Voices: A Nonfiction Anthology, Vol.1
The authors of these 28 essays recount a wide range of life’s journeys and what we have learned from them: childhood memories, life-changing events, love and relationships, childbirth and parenthood, balancing family and career, adapting to new environments or cultures, coping with losses of loved ones, and spirituality.
28 Voices: A Nonfiction Anthology, Vol.1
The authors of these 28 essays recount a wide range of life’s journeys and what we have learned from them: childhood memories, life-changing events, love and relationships, childbirth and parenthood, balancing family and career, adapting to new environments or cultures, coping with losses of loved ones, and spirituality.
40ish Weeks: A Pregnancy Journal
A charmingly illustrated journal that offers moms-to-be a place to document details during the amazing whirlwind of pregnancy.Capture every moment from the first reactions to being pregnant to meeting baby:40ish Weeks is a unique keepsake journal that invites expectant mothers to capture the fleeting and amusing minutiae along with the unforgettable moments. This pregnancy diary covered a variety of topics from dealing with symptoms and cravings, to baby nicknames, maternity clothes, and so much more.• Features classic and quirky prompts that help you capture the fleeting moments, the unforgettable milestones, and all of the amusing details• Include...
50 Really Exotic Pets
Think cats and dogs are for the birds?It's time for something more exotic . . .Whether you're already an exotic pet owner or you're thinking about becoming one, here is your one-stop guide to owning such unusual household pets as lizards, snakes, frogs, newts, spiders, and insects. Increasingly popular, these creatures offer low-maintenance, low-allergy, space-saving alternatives to traditional pets. This practical and accessible handbook covers more than fifty of the most popular amphibians, reptiles, and invertebrates available from captive-bred stock and offers care requirements, handling advice, breeding information, photographs, and more for ea...
99 Ways to Make a Pipe
It's a problem many a pot smoker has faced at one time or another: how am I going to smoke this? Fear not, gentle stoner, we have the answers right here. Industrial designer Brett Stern has created 99 devices from common household objects that you can use to smoke your blues away. In fact, you may never see the items in your home the same way again. DIY, humorous, and practical - each hack has easy to follow step-by-step instructions as well as a full color photo of the finished pipe, bong, or joint to show you how it's done. Pot smokers are known for their resourcefulness, and many readers will enjoy being reminded of "that one time" when their own...
A Black Queer History of the United States
The first-ever Black history to center queer voices, this landmark study traces the lives of LGBTQ+ Black Americans from slavery to present dayGender and sexual expression have always been part of the Black freedom struggleIn this latest book in Beacon’s award-winning ReVisioning History series, Professors C. Riley Snorton and Darius Bost unearth the often overlooked history of the Black queer community in the United States.Arguing that both gender and sexual expression have been an intimate and intricate part of Black freedom struggle, Snorton and Bost present historical contributions of Black queer, trans, and gender non-conforming Americans from ...
A Blade So Black
"A Blade So Black is the fantasy book I've been waiting for my whole life."―Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Hate U GiveFor fans of Marissa Meyer, L.L. McKinney's A Blade So Black delivers an irresistible urban fantasy retelling of Alice in Wonderland... but it's not the Wonderland you remember.The first time the Nightmares came, it nearly cost Alice her life. Now she's trained to battle monstrous creatures in the dark dream realm known as Wonderland with magic weapons and hardcore fighting skills. Yet even warriors have a curfew.Life in real-world Atlanta isn't always so simple, as Alice juggles an overprotective mom, a hig...
A Bride for the Winter King
Can the Winter King truly love? Or am I doomed to follow his past queens to the grave?I’m a shadow huntress in dire need of revenge. When a Fae prince asks me to participate in the Yule pageant and spy on the Winter King, I rise to the occasion.He tells me I’m a ringer for the dead queen, and that I don’t have to win the pageant or get married in the end.He forgot to mention I’d lose everything in the meantime—including my heart.***My kingdom needs a queen, and so I marry.Every year I marry, and suffer.Every year, I lose her all over again.This endless curse is meant to punish me for what I’ve done, with no hope of release. As Winter King, death sha...
A Broken Blade
The BookTok sensation from debut author Melissa Blair—now with exclusive bonus content! "Gripping and fierce. This is much-needed fantasy with its fangs honed sharp by the power of resistance. Melissa Blair has built a tremendous world."—Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights My body is made of scars,some were done to me,but most I did to myself. Keera is a killer. As the King's Blade, she is the most talented spy in the kingdom. And the king’s favored assassin. When a mysterious figure moves against the Crown, Keera is called upon to hunt down the so-called Shadow. She tracks her target into the magical lands of ...
A Certain Justice
It begins, dramatically enough, with a trial for murder. The distinguished criminal lawyer Venetia Aldridge is defending Garry Ashe on charges of having brutally killed his aunt. For Aldridge the trial is mainly a test of her courtroom skills, one more opportunity to succeed--and she does. But now murder is in the air. The next victim will be Aldridge herself, stabbed to death at her desk in her Chambers in the Middle Temple, a bloodstained wig on her head. Enter Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team, whose struggle to investigate and understand the shocking events cannot halt the spiral into more horrors, more murders...A Certain Justice is P.D. Ja...
A Child Called It
This book chronicles the unforgettable account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who played tortuous, unpredictable games--games that left him nearly dead. He had to learn how to play his mother's games in order to survive because she no longer considered him a son, but a slave; and no longer a boy, but an "it."Dave's bed was an old army cot in the basement, and his clothes were torn and raunchy. When his mother allowed him the luxury of food, it was nothing more than spoiled scraps that even th...
A Cold Dose of Murder (A Cannabis Café Mystery)
With her cannabis café getting higher-than-high online reviews--and skyrocketing sales--Chloe Barnes discovers that sudden success can leave one killer burn . . .THE FIRST-EVER CULINARY COZY MYSTERY SERIES WITH A (LEGAL) CANNABIS TWIST!Chloe still can't believe the magic carpet ride her life has become. From a career-and-romantic crash-and-burn as a Parisian pastry chef, she turned things around by starting the Baked by Chloe cannabis café in her seaside hometown of Azalea Bay, California. Now one of the town’s hottest spots, the café has earned a coveted booth in the Bay's famous summer ice cream festival and Chloe is excited to introduce her canna...
A Confederacy of Dumptys
The third New York Times bestseller in John Lithgow’s satirical poetry series.Following the success of Dumpty and Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown, award-winning actor, author, and illustrator John Lithgow presents the third book in his runaway hit series. While the blatant corruption and abuse of power of the Trump era was shocking, it was actually nothing new. In A Confederacy of Dumptys, Lithgow shifts his focus to some of the biggest scoundrels in American history, from Richard Nixon to Newt Gingrich, Leona Helmsley to the Sackler family. He deftly wields the power of the limerick and line-drawing to describe despicable events such as Watergate and...
A Cookbook for Millennials
A chaotic, charming, and sneakily useful cookbook for anyone who’s ever Googled “how to boil an egg” and then got distracted by memes.This is not your grandma’s cookbook—unless your grandma is fluent in emoji, references TikTok trends, and thinks “IDK” is a valid cooking instruction.A Cookbook for Millennials is a hilarious, heartfelt, and surprisingly practical guide to feeding yourself with flair, even if your pantry is mostly vibes and oat milk.Inside, you’ll find: * Recipes that are actually doable (yes, even if your kitchen is just a hot plate and a dream) * Commentary that feels like your funniest friend is walking you through dinner * Tips fo...
A Court of Frost and Starlight
A tender addition to the #1 bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas, bridging the events of A Court of Wings and Ruin and A Court of Silver Flames.Feyre, Rhysand, and their friends are still busy rebuilding the Night Court and the vastly altered world beyond, recovering from the war that changed everything. But Winter Solstice is finally approaching, and with it, the joy of a hard-earned reprieve.Yet even the festive atmosphere can't keep the shadows of the past from looming. As Feyre navigates her first Winter Solstice as High Lady, her concern for those dearest to her deepens. They have more wounds than she anticipated-scars ...
A Court of Frost and Starlight
A tender addition to the #1 bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas, bridging the events of A Court of Wings and Ruin and A Court of Silver Flames.Feyre, Rhysand, and their friends are still busy rebuilding the Night Court and the vastly altered world beyond, recovering from the war that changed everything. But Winter Solstice is finally approaching, and with it, the joy of a hard-earned reprieve.Yet even the festive atmosphere can't keep the shadows of the past from looming. As Feyre navigates her first Winter Solstice as High Lady, her concern for those dearest to her deepens. They have more wounds than she anticipated-scars ...
A Court of Mist and Fury
The seductive and stunning #1 bestselling sequel to Sarah J. Maas's spellbinding A Court of Thorns and Roses.Feyre has undergone more trials than one human woman can carry in her heart. Though she's now been granted the powers and lifespan of the High Fae, she is haunted by her time Under the Mountain and the terrible deeds she performed to save the lives of Tamlin and his people.As her marriage to Tamlin approaches, Feyre's hollowness and nightmares consume her. She finds herself split into two different people: one who upholds her bargain with Rhysand, High Lord of the feared Night Court, and one who lives out her life in the Spring Court with Tam...
A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas's sexy, richly imagined series continues with the journey of Feyre's fiery sister, Nesta.Nesta Archeron has always been prickly-proud, swift to anger, and slow to forgive. And ever since being forced into the Cauldron and becoming High Fae against her will, she's struggled to find a place for herself within the strange, deadly world she inhabits. Worse, she can't seem to move past the horrors of the war with Hybern and all she lost in it.The one person who ignites her temper more than any other is Cassian, the battle-scarred warrior whose position in Rhysand and Feyre's Night Court keeps him constantly in Nesta's orbit. But her temper ...
A Court of Thorns and Roses
A Beauty and the Beast retelling that took Bookstagram, BookTok, all the book socials by storm during the pandemic. The story follows Feyre, a young archer and Archeron as she struggles to support her family while living on the border of the fae realm known as Prythian.
The sexy, action-packed first book in the #1 bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series from global phenomenon Sarah J. Maas.When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled her world.At least, he's not a beast all the time.As she adapts to her new home, her feelings for the faerie, Tamlin, transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie she's been told about the beautif...
A Court of Thorns and Roses
The sexy, action-packed first book in the #1 bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series from global phenomenon Sarah J. Maas.When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled her world.At least, he's not a beast all the time.As she adapts to her new home, her feelings for the faerie, Tamlin, transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie she's been told about the beautif...
A Court of Wings and Ruin
The epic third novel in the #1 bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series by global phenomenon Sarah J. Maas.Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin's actions and learn what she can about the invading king threatening to bring her land to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit. One slip could bring doom not only for Feyre, but for everything-and everyone-she holds dear.As war bears down upon them all, Feyre endeavors to take her place amongst the High Fae of the land, balancing her struggle to master her powers-both magical and political-and her love for her court and family. Amidst...
A Cup of Flour, A Pinch of Death
In this feisty new culinary cozy mystery from Agatha and Edgar Award-nominated author Valerie Burns, social media influencer Maddy Montgomery is adjusting to her new life after moving to small-town Michigan to run a bakery and take care of a gigantic English mastiff—all while solving the murder of a one-time nemesis...The small town, fish-out-of-water, baking-themed mystery for fans of Jenn McKinlay, Mia P. Manansala, Abby Collette, Jennifer J. Chow, Danielle Arceneaux, and Joanne Fluke!“Books, dogs and food — and a well-structured sense of fun — connect almost all of Valerie Burns’s cozy mysteries.” — The New York TimesThanks to Maddy’s social medi...
A Dance with Fate
A young woman who is both a bard--and a warrior--seeks to repay her debts and settle scores in this thrilling historical fantasy series.The young warrior and bard Liobhan has lost her brother to the Otherworld. Even more determined to gain a place as an elite fighter, she returns to Swan Island to continue her training. But Liobhan is devastated when her comrade Dau is injured and loses his sight in their final display bout. Blamed by Dau's family for the accident, she agrees to go to Dau's home as a bond servant for the span of one year.There, she soon learns that Oakhill is a place of dark secrets. The vicious Crow Folk still threaten both worlds....
A Dark and Drowning Tide
A sharp-tongued folklorist must pair up with her academic rival to solve their mentor’s murder in this lush and enthralling sapphic fantasy romance from the New York Times bestselling author of A Far Wilder Magic.“Clever, emotional, and gorgeous—at its core, this is a story about the healing capacity of love”—Ava Reid, author of Juniper & ThornLorelei Kaskel, a folklorist with a quick temper and an even quicker wit, is on an expedition with six eccentric nobles in search of a fabled spring. The magical spring promises untold power, which the king wants to harness in order to secure his reign over the embattled country of Brunnestaad. Lorelei is ...